When Jim Thome, who finished his splendid career in Baltimore, gave his Hall of Fame induction speech in Cooperstown, N.Y., late last month, he talked about how important it was to him to be considered a good teammate.

Interesting, because his name came up on multiple occasions when I asked current Orioles about their best teammates over the years.

It was one of several questions that I posed to various Orioles in the past month or so — questions that go beyond today’s game or last week’s happenings.

I’ll periodically share those questions and responses in a piece we’re calling, “One question, six O’s answers.” I had a blast doing this. And the players were more than willing to participate. These aren’t goofy questions like, “If you were a tree, what tree would you be?”

These are queries that I felt like would help me and the readers get to know a little but more about the game and the players in it, and there will be more of...